Pro Arts is now accepting applications from curators for 2 x 2 Solos, an exhibition series commissioning new work from four accomplished emerging artists based in the Oakland/Bay Area. The program recognizes artistic excellence, artistic merit and supports the freedom to create challenging and non-commercial work. 2 x 2 Solos engages multiple layers of the region’s arts ecology by providing institutional and monetary support for artists, curators, and writers in the Oakland/Bay Area.

Four curators will be selected for the project. Selected curators will, in collaboration with Pro Arts independent curatorial committee, finalize artist selections based on studio visits held in late January/early February 2013. Selected curators will then produce a solo exhibition in Pro Arts' downtown Oakland gallery space. This includes overseeing the production of new work, coordinating installation and layout of work, writing a curatorial statement, and finding regional arts to produce essay for the exhibition catalogue.

Final exhibitions will take place at Pro Arts in September-November, 2013. An honorarium is provided.